Climate Change and Building Energy Efficiency

Dear Colleagues,

The building sectors are estimated to be responsible for 30-40% of the total global energy consumption and 20% of the global greenhouse gas emissions; therefore, improving the energy efficiency of infrastructure is critical to solving the climate crisis. Considering that building and construction assets are typically designed to last for several decades or even centuries, the resiliency of the buildings and their energy systems to climate change should be evaluated and improved. Building designs and energy-saving interventions should be reconsidered under different climate scenarios, specifically future scenarios, to evaluate the robustness of these strategies and to determine their potential risks.

In this Special Issue, articles on topics such as climate change’s impacts on buildings, mitigation of climate change effects on infrastructure, building energy saving  and performance evaluations for future climate predictions, net-zero energy buildings, climate-resilient building and so on are of interest. This Special Issue intends to act as a forum for the dissemination of the latest research and developments in climate-resilient buildings and energy saving in the context of the future climate.

Prof. Dr. Zhiyong Tian
Dr. Chang Shu
Guest Editor

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